Track fault may have caused French train crash: SNCF
BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (Reuters) – The train derailment that killed at least six people in central France on Friday may have been caused by a loose steel plate at a junction, French train operator SNCF said.
Czech ex-PM admits relationship with aide at centre of graft probe
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Former Czech conservative Prime Minister Petr Necas has now acknowledged he had a relationship with his closest aide, whose arrest for suspected illegal spying and graft led to the government’s fall last month, a daily reported on Sa…
Egyptian prosecutor has received complaints against Mursi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor’s office said on Saturday it had received complaints accusing deposed President Mohamed Mursi and other senior leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood of spying, inciting killings of protesters and damaging the eco…
Five sentenced for life over attack on Guinea president
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Five people were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for their role in a failed assassination attempt on Guinean President Alpha Conde two years ago, ending a trial opposition figures say has been at least partly politically mot…
South African firm says workers freed by kidnappers in Guinea-Bissau
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African defense group Denel confirmed on Saturday that the last nine of 12 of its staff kidnapped in Guinea-Bissau two months ago had been freed.
Eighteen killed in Moscow bus crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Eighteen people were killed and 25 injured when a truck ploughed into a bus in a Moscow suburb on Saturday, according to the Russian emergency ministry.
Greeks split on reforms, public sector job cuts: opinion poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greeks are split on whether public sector job cuts demanded by the country’s international lenders for continued bailout funding are necessary and most remain downbeat on the economy’s prospects, an opinion poll showed on Saturday.
Boeing Dreamliner fire investigation under way
LONDON (Reuters) – Investigators started work on Saturday to establish the cause of a fire on a Boeing Dreamliner at London’s Heathrow airport, a new setback for the high-tech model after it was grounded at the start of the year over battery problems.
Dislodged steel piece on track could explain train crash: SNCF
PARIS (Reuters) – A dislodged steel piece joining two tracks at the junction could explain the derailment of a train that killed at least six people late on Friday, French train operator SNCF said.
Russia says kills bodyguard of Islamist insurgent leader
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The bodyguard of Russia’s most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Saturday, officials said, as Moscow tries to curb militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there in February.
